8 Amendments of Konstantinos POUPAKIS related to 2010/2162(INI)
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2
Paragraph 1 – point 2
2. Underlines that financing for the European Social Fund should be significantly increased in order to provide adequate resources for measures and activities under the Social Inclusion Strategy and the ‘Europe 2020’ flagship initiative on combating poverty and social exclusion so as to strengthen measures to improve education and training with a view to improving labour market access and combating unemployment;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
5a. Given that finding employment is a motor for combating poverty, stresses the need to establish a transparent regulatory framework for atypical forms of employment, in which women are more widely employed, in order to ensure proper working conditions and decent pay;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses the need for measures to be taken at European and national level to reconcile family and working life as part of efforts to combat poverty and improve women’s access to decent employment; calls therefore on the Member States to improve public childcare facilities and provide firms with incentives to set up in-house facilities;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
5c. As part of the fight against poverty, child poverty and social exclusion, stresses the need to develop appropriate employment integration and training policies at national level, together with special tax arrangements for mothers in one-parent families;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 d (new)
5d. Stresses the need for measures to be taken at national and European level to combat discrimination as regards job market opportunities and wages policies, as part of efforts to combat poverty among women;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 e (new)
5e. Calls on the Member States, in cooperation with the Commission and the s social partners, to take steps to prevent the unequal treatment of female dependents by social welfare systems, since, in the case of widows, for example, the pension to which they are entitled is not sufficient to provide them with a decent living;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 f (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 f (new)
5f. In order to combat poverty among women effectively, stresses the importance of coordinating policies to fight unemployment and social exclusion at all levels of government;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 g (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 g (new)
5g. Calls on the Member States, in cooperation with the Commission and the social partners, to draw up plans to increase women’s participation in life-long learning and training, especially women from minority groups;